Albuquerque vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	27	84
😀 Quality of life	83	81
🏙️ Population	565K	3.03M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 122% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 1874th and 6071st ($1985 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 6th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 428th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Taichung

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	Albuquerque	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$18658

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671